Gedit 3.6.3 in Ubuntu 12.04?

Solution 1:

Gedit 3.6.3 does not exist. You'll have to choose 3.6.2 or 3.8.3. Since 3.8 is a major version, I recommend to install the 3.6.2.

You should be able to build your package using these commands:

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/gedit/3.6.2-0ubuntu1/+files/gedit_3.6.2.orig.tar.xz
tar -xvf gedit_3.6.2.orig.tar.xz
cd gedit-3.6.2/
./configure
make
sudo make install

You have to know that it is not recommended to upgrade your packages, because it may change a lot of packages in your system, possibly breaking it.

You also have to take a close look at the depedencies that Gedit 3.6.2 needs.